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Yupon, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Foley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36535. It stands on Fish River. The Survey maps it on the Magnolia Springs quadrangle.

Yupon within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

99 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Yupon between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,702 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning52
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180920-1
20 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180807-3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Yupon: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fairhope MineClayPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yupon in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Flash FloodYupon-Baldwin County Emergency Managment reported flooding of water at least 6 inches deep over County Road 9 near U.S. Highway 98.

Every storm recorded in Baldwin County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bayside0.4 miles18
Turkey Branch1.4 miles18
Magnolia Springs2.3 miles18
River Park2.9 miles18
Barnwell3.5 miles18
Marlow3.7 miles18
Clay City5.3 miles18
Point Clear7.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 129319. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.